Foraging behaviour of Brazilian riverine and coastal fishers: How much is explained by the optimal foraging theory?

Foraging behaviour of Brazilian riverine and coastal fishers: How much is explained by the optimal foraging theory?

Optimal Foraging Theory (OFT) is here applied to analyse the foraging behaviour of Brazilian artisanal fishers of the Atlantic coast (Itacuruçá and São Paulo Bagre villages) and of the inland Amazonian region (Jarauá and Ebenezer villages). Two OFT predictions are tested. Hypotheis1: A fisher who tr...

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Main Authors: Priscila F.M. Lopes, Mariana Clauzet, Natalia Hanazaki, Milena Ramires, Renato A.M. Silvano, Alpina Begossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Conservation & Society
Subjects:
Amazon
Atlantic forest
Brazilian fisheries
fisheries management
human optimal foraging
Online Access:http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2011;volume=9;issue=3;spage=236;epage=246;aulast=Lopes

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http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2011;volume=9;issue=3;spage=236;epage=246;aulast=Lopes

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